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II: Lily of the Valley
Chapter 116: Plum Blossom Drunk
People couldn't, at least they shouldn't...

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The river flowing under the bridge was gleaming because of the sun. A wooden pontoon spanned the river, and the clear water carried broken leaves and slid across the bottom of the bridge.

The autumn atmosphere was not obvious in early September, and the vegetation in the mountains behind the school was still verdant and lush.

On a windless morning, a few leaves that fell from the branches were scattered on the floor under the eaves, and the leaves were stained with a withered color.

The clouds were billowing on the horizon, rolling up and stretching out, and the golden sunshine was pouring down.

The day after the Goodwill Event was interrupted, Satoru was called to a meeting early in the morning.

As usual, Yayoi did not need to participate in the meeting. Her own position was 'Unwavering Red-haired Assistant'. After a few discussions with Satoru, her position changed to 'Gojo-sensei's unwavering red-haired assistant teacher'. She worked for Satoru all the time. She did whatever Satoru asked her to do. She poured tea, served water, and warmed the bed. She didn't do anything for Satoru.

However, the people involved in this meeting included Yayoi because she fought against "Suguru Geto".

The remnants left in the infirmary, apart from Suguru, were another curse users who used ice techniques and an unregistered cursed energy. After multiple confirmations, plus the testimony of Shoko and Momo, it’s basically confirmed that it was Satoru’s red-haired assistant teacher.

Yayoi sat on her knees on the tatami, with her back straight, listening quietly without making any remarks or explanations. She planned to hold the meeting seriously, and she was a meeting person who could not tolerate emotions. During the meeting, Ijichi's voice made her smile. She thought of her history teacher when she was in junior high school, and her eyelids reflexively started to fight.

After finishing the material loss statistics report, Ijichi began to make a casualty statistics report. Three second-grade sorcerers, one associate first-grade sorcerer, five assistant directors, and two Cursed Warehouse guards who were killed on the spot. The corpses were transformed were beyond recognition, and the rest had to wait for further confirmation from Shoko. Judging from the remnant at the scene and the meant of committing the crime, it's clear it was Mahito who was escaped.

The other party invaded the high school's cursed warehouse and took away the six Sukuna fingers and the cursed wombs' no. 1 to 3 of the Death Painting Cursed Womb.

The two curse users caught were also quite famous in the circle of curse users. Juzo Kumiya was a completely crazy murderer who liked to cut people's body parts to make daily utensils and weapons. He also wanted to Satoru was made into a hanger rack, another cursed tool made from human body parts. Most of his confession contained unclear words, but it could basically be inferred that the attack was a deal and the other party did as he was told.

As for the other curse user, Shigemo Haruta, if it weren't for the special nature of his technique, he would have died on the spot. The reason was that he was hit by the roaring telegraph pole and was crushed underneath. Utahime and two female students witnessed the whole process of blood splattering.

The people who led the attack didn't seem to have any trust. They didn't tell them much about the purpose of the attack, and the information they got from them was very vague.

The last remaining remnants in the infirmary, coupled with Yayoi's testimony, could be roughly confirmed that someone stole the body of the special grade curse user Suguru Geto, controlled that body, and the identity of the person who attacked the infirmary together with the fake Suguru Geto was unknown, but judging from the appearance described by Yayoi, it could be confirmed that he was the blunt cut-headed monk of unknown gender mentioned by Kumiya.

The unregistered cursed energy passed through Master Tengen's barrier, so an alarm would naturally sound. The redhead next to Satoru was an exception. No explanation was given, but nothing happened.

Being able to pass through the barrier as if nothing happened, Satoru deduced that it was roughly similar to the ability of a special grade cursed spirit of a plant. It did not have Jogo's vigorous murderous intention, nor did it have the thick malice of Mahito. Its own aura was close to that of a sprite, and able to blend with the plants. , Master Tengen's barrier was not "protective" in nature, but "hiding". It had almost no effect on plants. Once it was sneaked in, it would not have much effect.

The attack on Shoko was probably because he wanted to divert the attention of both Satoru and Yayoi at the same time so that the patchface could steal in the Cursed Warehouse. Satoru was already quite troublesome. Locking the students in the "curtain" could focusing Satoru's attention on the "curtain" and lure Yayoi to the infirmary at the same time meant that Yayoi was also a troublesome person for them.

If you really want to ask why, it was that she had a head-on confrontation with the cursed spirit, and she had special resistance to its technique. Excluding physical attacks and pure cursed technique blows, the technique of the cursed spirit had basically no effect on her.

"The special characteristics of the 'Sukuna's vessel' itself can explain why the cursed spirit's technique does not work." The old man stroked his gray beard, his eyes sunk deeply into his sockets, "Why does it have the same effect on her? Gojo, you have to explain."

Satoru was her immediate boss. From the time she joined the company until now, the most eye-catching thing about her was the beating of Naoya Zenin, the heir (self-claimed) of the Zenin family. But at the scene of that incident, apart from the remnants of the cursed spirit, the rest of the remnants were not captured at the scene.

"It's just physical strength." Satoru smiled, his attitude as casual and careless as ever, and the old man frowned on the spot.

The white-haired strongest sorcerer's mental activity hidden under his smiling face became unkind. 'What a joke, why should I discuss my wife’s affairs with a rotten orange like you? If we want to discuss it, we should discuss it among ourselves behind closed doors.'

"The old man who has one foot in the coffin should not always stare at other people's assistant teacher." Satoru's voice deepened slightly.

The fingers that were like withered tree vines subconsciously tightened, and the deep-set eyes burst out with sharp eyes like falcons. The face of Principal Gakuganji sank on the spot, and Satoru once again raised the old man's hatred level with his double click, even though he didn't care.

The old man turned to look at Yaga.

Yaga was silent for a while, then his eyes fell on Satoru.

"Write me a 15,000-word review." Yaga said with a sideways face.

Gojo the Cat: ???

"Wh- why?!" The white cat was stunned and went crazy on the spot. Yaga-sensei punished him for writing a self-criticism after not seeing him for many years. Is this such a cruel punishment?!

The self-reflection he handed in when he was in high school was basically written by Suguru. Suguru was a fox now. He couldn't hold a pen and couldn't write self-criticisms. What could he do about this?!

"Didn't you blast out that groove in the back mountain?" Principal Yaga looked sideways, so he looked like a top cadre.

"I did it to get rid of the cursed spirit!" Satoru said confidently.

"I've never seen anyone get rid of cursed spirits by changing the terrain!" Principal Yaga gritted his teeth. Although there would inevitably be some losses in the battle, they wouldn't be as easy as those two little bastards, Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto.

Did you think you were Naruto and Sasuke? Or Madara and Hashirama?

He thought again of the infirmary building that had been dismantled beyond recognition and the telephone poles that had been removed. The good wires had been torn into a mess. This morning, the maintenance personnel arrived at the high school to carry out emergency repairs. For a moment, they had a heart attack and wanted to cover their hearts.

Even if you were just a wasting money, you were leading others to bad things. Were you fighting or demolishing a building? No matter how much money you make, it wouldn’t be enough for you to compensate! If you were disrespectful as a teacher and teach bad students, who would punish you?!

"I'm twenty-eight years old, why do I still need to write a self-reflection!" Gojo the Cat said loudly, something like a self-reflection letter should always be left in the era of high school! A twenty-eight-year-old great teacher did not need such a thing as a self-reflection letter!

"You also know that you are twenty-eight?" Yaga glared. If you were eight years old, his hair would grow a little thicker.

"Twenty-five thousand more words!" Yaga gritted his teeth, determined not to let this guy lead a bunch of kids down below. They were all still flowers in the jujutsu society.

Gojo the Cat was withered, and the white cat was so wronged that he collapsed into a cat cake on the tatami. Almost everyone present, except Principal Gakuganji who disliked him, had almost all seen him like this, and they were all used to it. This man never ignored the occasion when he started things.

The matter of Yayoi was passed over like mud when the two teacher and student made such a fuss. Utahime's students were safe and sound, Yaga let out a bad breath, and Mei Mei received a huge bonus. In addition for Satoru to being fined to write a self-reflection, everyone had a bright future.

The white cat was paralyzed in the corner the whole time, with his white head hanging on Yayoi's shoulder, feeling terribly wronged.

"Don't be sad, I'll write it for you in the worst case." Yayoi couldn't help but start coaxing his cat.

"Yayoi, you are so kind." The white cat's head arched towards Yayoi's neck again. 'Wife, you are so kind.'

Yaga: "..."
Gakuganji: "..."
Utahime: "..."
Ijichi: "..."
Mei Mei: "..."

Did you dare to wait until there was no one else to discuss writing a self-reflection letter?

At the end of the meeting, the two principals of Tokyo School and Kyoto School agreed that the exchange event should be suspended, but Satoru did not think so.

This was not what they should decide. The exchange event was a matter for young people. Even adults were not qualified to stop the children's battle. Even if they stop, it would only be a temporary break. Sooner or later, it would continue in a different form.

After the meeting, Satoru and Yayoi walked out of the room. The light spots reflected on the gravel path, the sunlight rendered the glazed tiles on the roof, and the ancient temple roofs were neatly arranged in the lush green.

The two adults raised their eyes and saw two high school boys parkouring on the roof. The pink-haired boy was running in front and shouted 'please let me go, my mind was really not normal at that time', and the gorilla-like boy chased behind and shouted loudly 'brother, you have been like this since middle school'. It was full of youthful vigor and vitality.

Her brother's movements were even more flexible than before. After climbing to the roof of the temple, he jumped to the five-story pagoda next to him, and then fell down from the five-story pagoda. The gorilla chasing him seemed to be addicted to it. He chased Yuji wherever he turned. The tiles on the roof were thumped by their steps. He ran away and chased, but they were unable to fly.

Satoru clapped like a little seal and shouted loudly to cheer up his student.

After hearing the voice, Yuji ran from one end to the other, and after reaching the roof of the temple, he landed on a shorter roof, jumped off the roof, and landed on the sandy ground, and ran all the way behind Yayoi with his bare feet.

"Sister, help me!" Yuji was about to cry. He wasn't, he didn't, and he couldn't figure out why his mind suddenly went abnormal at that time. After beating the special grade cursed spirit, he inexplicably became a gorilla brother.

The tall gorilla jumped down from the eaves, happened to hear Yuji's "sister", and looked at Yayoi, who had bright red hair, and then at Yuji, who had a pink head and poked his head behind Yayoi.

Aoi Todo: gorilla pondering.jpg
Before coming here, he heard Mai said that the red-haired assistant teacher next to Satoru was the sister of "Sukuna's vessel".

It was known that "Sukuna's vessel" = brother, and the sister of "Sukuna's vessel" = brother's sister. 'My brother's brother is my brother, and my brother's sister is my sister.'

So—

"I'm rude when we first meet, onee-chan." The reaction time was 0.01 seconds, and the gorilla was serious.

Yayoi's pupils were shaking, don't call, I only have one younger brother, Yuji, and it had nothing to do with you!

Yuji: "..."
What did you call other people's sisters?

"What are you calling other people's wife?" Gojo-sensei was almost speechless.

Yuji: "That's right. What do you say to other peopl- wait, what did sensei say?"

Yuji's eyes widened and he thought to himself, what nonsense were you talking about?

Yayoi... Yayoi had a confused expression on her face.

"Nani?! Are you already in this kind of relationship? You are indeed the strongest man. Chikuso, when can I be with Takada-chan..." Aoi was shocked and turned sour.

"Yuji is my only younger brother!" Yayoi immediately emphasized after reacting.

The gorilla who had finished his jealousy turned to look at Yayoi seriously, with a ferocious evil expression, and said angrily, "Please be sure to agree with the sincere friendship between Itadori and me. We are best friends, tomodachi! I hope to receive your blessings as a family!"

Satoru: "..."
It's just a matter of making friends, it didn't have to be like proposing in front of the parents, it wouldn't be a problem.

Yayoi's face was full of confusion, and her little mind was complicated. She dreamed back to the time when Hashirama praised Madara in a fancy way. Her sister asked him to spend the rest of his life with Madara several times. Thinking of this, she almost reflexively shouted ‘I don’t agree’.

"Yuji likes tall girls with big butts!"

"I know, that's why we are close friends! I also like tall girls with big butts!" Aoi emphasized his fetish sternly.

Satoru looked at his student with sympathy, as a former victim, and with his understanding of Yayoi's unusual brain circuitry, he realized.

The white cat patted the student's shoulder, and the expression on his face became more serious, "Just take care of yourself, Yuji."

Yuji: "..."
Where was this going? Don't expose other people's quirks casually!

In the afternoon, students from Tokyo School and Kyoto School gathered together. After a vigorous discussion, it was decided to continue the exchange event the next day. Because Satoru changed the individual game to a baseball game without authorization, the number of words in the review letter increased to 25,000 words.

That night, Yayoi returned to the dormitory. After cooking, she knocked on the door next door and called Satoru to come over for dinner.

After knocking for a long time, no one opened the door. Yayoi simply took out the key and opened the door herself. When she entered, she saw a strange sight. There was a gray fox in Satoru's room. The gray fox was wearing a pink skirt, covered with pink lace, his furry head was tied with a bow. He was lying on a makeshift table and typing on the keyboard of the laptop. The look on his face showed that he was desperate for life.

When he sensed Yayoi's return, the gray fox raised his head and said "oouh" as a greeting. He had no desire, no need, no fear, everything was just a cloud.

There was a clear sound of water rushing to the floor in the bathroom. Satoru was probably taking a shower.

Yayoi walked all the way to the back of the laptop and found that the document the gray fox was typing was the review letter that Satoru wanted to write.

Yayoi: "..."
People couldn't, at least they shouldn't... [1]

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· Genuine translation can be found only in OchatimesBlogspotCom, FanFictionNet, and Wattpad

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PS: The clothes Suguru Geto the Fox were done by Shoko, and the self-reflection was Gojo the Cat's.

Brother Suguru: If my heart were any more fragile, I wouldn't be alive. (bitter.jpg)

[1] Internet buzzwords, it's mostly used to warn oneself to stop shameful fantasies and to stop at the brink. Can also means: It's okay but not necessary.



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